Chocolate Chia Shake!
Hello my friends! Taking a breather from home improvement projects to whip up a tasty shake! This shake is a tasty chocolate monstrosity that features the omega 3 laden, intestine cleansing and protein rich goodness that is chia. When these wonderful seeds aren’t adorning terracotta craniums they are bringing an amazing texture to many a raw dessert and a really awesome thickness to this chocolatey shake!
Chocolate Chia Shake
~2 cups almond mylk
~2 frozen bananas (broken into blend-able chunks)
~1/8th cup of chia seeds (optionally you can soak the chia seeds in the almond mylk for about a 1/2 hour to make them easy on standard blenders)
~1+1/2 Tablesepoons of cacao powder
~Raw Honey, soaked dates or proffered sweetener to taste
~1/4 teaspoon of vanilla extract
~pinch of sea salt
Blend everything to smooth, smoothie consistency and prepare yourself for chocolatey goodness!
Been doing all sorts of home improvement projects this past week! Our bathrooms’ got a new sub-floor and linoleum covering, I customized our tv stand a bit, did some insulating and put a new fence and gate in our backyard, much to the chagrin of Shadow as it limits her bunny interactions. Also put together some furni from Ikea, Including a wardrobe cabinet in the kitchen that’s going to house our kombucha and water kefir brewery! Lovin’ the water kefir and lookin’ forward to gettin’ the ‘bucha going again! Our dehydrators are going to be neatly nestled in it as well, as soon as we get them mailed here!
Kefir Madness!
Hope you are all having a sweet weekend! Much love ~ Rory :0)
yum yummy! thanks for the recipe.
May 2, 2011 at 8:37 am
This forum needed sakinhg up and youve just done that. Great post!
May 31, 2011 at 4:50 am
Thanks so much! :0)
May 31, 2011 at 10:53 am
Tried this recipe this afternoon. So good! I just discovered your blog and am excited to search it for more tips and recipes. Thanks!
May 2, 2011 at 8:21 pm
You’re very welcome and thank you! :0)
May 10, 2011 at 5:04 pm
YUM!!! I have got to get me some chia seeds.
May 3, 2011 at 2:17 pm
They’re awesomeness incarnate! Fun stuff! :0)
May 10, 2011 at 5:03 pm
Hi Rory!
This looks sinfully delish ~ looking forward to trying it tomorrow
Thanks
May 3, 2011 at 10:00 pm
Right on! :0)
May 10, 2011 at 5:03 pm
I would LOVE to see your brewery when it’s all set up. My family goes through water keifer like crazy. Also can you share your technique for it? The one I use calls for egg shell and baking soda, but I’d like a more simple version that still yelds a lot of fizz. (I also add ginger and or lemon to the brew)
May 10, 2011 at 12:28 pm
Good to hear from ya Dea! I’m planning on posting some pics once our kombucha culture arrives and we get everything all set! I’m getting the swing of water kefir myself, the taste is taking me some getting used to, as I’m a devout kombucha chugger(caaaan’t wait to get back to brewing that stuff!). I’ve been using a recipe similar to the one at culturesforhealth.com, good stuff there! Rock on my friend ~ Rory :0)
May 10, 2011 at 5:11 pm